This was in today's Grand Forks Herald and worth a look if you have seen
it yet. I am glad that the coaches are not going to let this ridiculous
icing rule go through without putting up a fight.

College hockey coaches and commissioners will ask the NCAA
Rules Committee in a conference call later this week to overturn the
proposed rule that would not allow a shorthanded team to ice the puck.

The Rules Committee surprised the college hockey world Friday by
announcing that the new icing rule was planned for the next two seasons.

An oversight committee still needs to approve the proposal next month in
order for it to go into effect, but the coaches and commissioners are
taking action before it gets that far.

"We're trying to figure out, before it goes to the oversight committee,
if there's recourse or if there can be a re-vote based on the merits of
the argument that we'd like to put forward," Western Collegiate Hockey
Association commissioner Bruce McLeod said. "Hopefully, we have some
recourse."

McLeod said the commissioners hope to schedule a conference call with a
Rules Committee representative later in the week.

If the Rules Committee is unable to completely overturn the proposal,
coaches and commissioners will ask that the language be changed to allow
it on an experimental basis during exhibition games, but not for
regular-season games.

The proposed icing rule was brought up during the annual coaches
meetings in April. The WCHA men's coaches voted 12-0 against it.
Atlantic Hockey voted 12-0 against it and the Central Collegiate Hockey
Association voted 11-0 against it. Because of the heavy opposition,
coaches were shocked by Friday's announcement. [Read the
whole article]